50th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140362017 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM - An input device is equipped with a touch panel for detecting an input, a coordinates acquiring unit for detecting input coordinates which are coordinates of the input detected by the touch panel, and a pull manipulation judging unit which, when an input to an input detection surface which is a surface on which the touch panel is placed, makes effective the Z coordinate in the direction perpendicular to the input detection surface among the input coordinates detected by the coordinates acquiring unit. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362018 | RADIOTELEPHONES HAVING CONTACT-SENSITIVE USER INTERFACES AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME - A device includes a housing having a front surface, a rear surface and first and second side surfaces; the rear surface configured engage a user's palm. The device includes a radiotelephone communications transceiver and a contact-sensitive display, supported by the housing. The contact sensitive display is configured to display an image at the front surface of the housing, and produce an output signal in response to moving contact of an object along a contact-sensitive surface of the contact-sensitive display. The device also includes a controller configured to control at least one of the display and the radiotelephone communications transceiver and to scroll displayed rows along an axis of the display based upon the output signal of the contact-sensitive transducer. The controller has a mode that is unresponsive to contact with the contact-sensitive transducer, the second mode being entered in response to an input from a user. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362019 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch screen panel Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) display device for decreasing the thickness of a mobile terminal and improving a degree of freedom in design is provided. The touch screen panel AMOLED display device includes a flexible AMOLED disposed on the bottom of a window, and a Chip-On-Film (COF) film connected to the flexible AMOLED and coupled with a flexible AMOLED driver Integrated Circuit (IC). Therefore, the thickness of the touch screen panel AMOLED display device may be decreased, and damage of the AMOLED due to an external shock may be prevented. Additionally, separation of the flexible AMOLED driver IC from a mounting surface may be prevented. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362020 | Electronic Devices With Flexible Displays - Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays and internal components. An internal component may be positioned under the flexible display. The internal component may be an output device such as a speaker that transmits sound through the flexible display or an actuator that deforms the display in a way that is sensed by a user. The internal component may also be a microphone or pressure sensor that receives sound or pressure information through the flexible display. Structural components may be used to permanently or temporarily deform the flexible display to provide tactile feedback to a user of the device. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362021 | LABELING TOUCH REGIONS OF A DISPLAY DEVICE - The embodiments herein relate to a method and device for labeling a touch region, in which adjacent raw data are labeled in groups for reducing a labeling time period as well as a memory size for storing the labeled data. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362022 | UNIVERSAL STYLUS - The present device provides for a universal stylus. The stylus emits a light incident upon a distal metallic object therein causing electrons on the metallic object to be ejected from the metallic object, resulting in a non-uniform electric field near the metallic object. When the metallic object is brought into close proximity of a capacitive touch-screen of a smartphone, tablet, kiosk, computer or other electronic device, the local disruption in the electric field surrounding the touch-screen is registered as a touch, in a similar manner as a human finger normally activates the touch-screen. In an embodiment, the device utilizes a light incident directly upon the electronic device, without the need for the light incident striking a metallic object. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362023 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INTERFACE BASED ON BENDING - An apparatus includes a touch panel display. The touch panel display may include one or more sensors for detecting an input operation on the touch panel display. The input operation may correspond to bending the touch panel display. The apparatus may include circuitry configured to determine a distribution pattern corresponding to sensor values and coordinates output when the input operation is detected. The circuitry may determine, based on the distribution pattern, one or more features of the bending of the touch panel display. The circuitry may execute a predetermined function or process corresponding to the features of the bending. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362024 | ACTIVATING VOICE COMMAND FUNCTIONALITY FROM A STYLUS - Techniques are disclosed for activating voice command functionality from a stylus. The voice commands may include initiating searches for user content or sending messages, for example. In some instances, the voice command stylus may include at least one control feature that can be used to activate voice command functionality and a microphone for receiving stated voice commands. Once the voice command is received, the stylus may transmit the voice command to a related electronic touch sensitive device (e.g., a smart phone, tablet, or eReader) and/or to a remote system (e.g., a cloud computing server). The related device and/or the remote system may then determine and/or execute a desired function based on the voice command. For example, if the voice command initiated a search for lecture notes taken on a certain date, execution of the voice command may cause those lecture notes to be displayed on the related device. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362025 | SPHERICAL REMOTE CONTROL - A spherical remote control, including: a spherical shell; a surface sensor to detect a contact on the spherical shell; an accelerometer to detect a movement of the remote control; a circuit to transmit a signal based on the detected contact, orientation and movement; and a first induction coil to receive power for charging a battery in the circuit. The spherical remote control can be placed on a cradle which includes: a power supply; and a second induction coil for providing power to the first induction coil. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362026 | TOUCH DISPLAY HAVING ADVANCED-FRINGE-FIELD-SWITCHING LIQUID CRYSTAL STRUCTURE - A touch display having advanced-fringe-field-switching liquid crystal structure, including a pixel cell and a multiplexer circuit, wherein the multiplexer circuit is used to couple the pixel cell with a source driver unit to provide a fringe-field-switching display function during a display period, and couple the pixel cell with a touch detection unit to provide a touch detection function during a touch detection period. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362027 | TRANSPARENT TOUCH PANEL - A transparent touch panel includes a transparent substrate and a transparent layer disposed on the transparent substrate. The surface of the transparent substrate has an electrode region and a wiring region. The transparent layer includes at least one touch sensitive electrode and at least one conductive wiring. The at least one touch sensitive electrode is disposed in the electrode region and has a plurality of bent slits. The at least one conductive wiring is disposed in the wiring region and electrically connected to the touch sensitive electrode and has a bent shape. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362028 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - The embodiments of the invention disclose a capacitive touch screen, including: a substrate; a plurality of sensing electrodes provided on the substrate, the plurality of sensing electrodes being arranged in a two-dimensional array; and a touch control chip bound to the substrate, the touch control chip being connected with each of the plurality of sensing electrodes via a corresponding wire; the touch control chip being configured to detect a change of self-capacitance of each of the plurality of sensing electrodes by using a detection circuit with an adjustable precision, so as to determine touch information. The capacitive touch screen disclosed in the embodiments of the invention can achieve a true multi-touch and detect the touch positions of different touch objects accurately. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362029 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch display apparatus is provided, which includes: a first substrate; a second substrate arranged in parallel to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a plurality of touch sensing electrodes which are disposed on the lower surface of the first substrate and arranged in a two-dimensional array. An anti-interference performance may be improved according to the embodiments of the present invention. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362030 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A capacitive touch screen and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The capacitive touch screen includes: a transparent medium; a plurality of sensing electrodes provided on a lower surface of the transparent medium, the plurality of sensing electrodes being arranged in a two-dimensional array; and a touch control chip bonded onto the lower surface of the transparent medium, wherein the touch control chip is connected with each of the plurality of sensing electrodes via a wire. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362031 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch display apparatus is provided. The touch display apparatus includes a display touch screen including a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer and multiple pixel units, the display touch screen includes multiple common electrodes arranged in a two-dimensional array; and a display touch control circuit including a display control circuit and a touch control circuit. The display touch control circuit is connected to the multiple common electrodes through wires in such a way that the multiple common electrodes are connected to a common level provided to the display control circuit in the case of a display is performed, and each of the multiple common electrodes is connected to the touch control circuit as a touch sensing electrode in the case of a touch sensing is performed. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362032 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE INTEGRATED WITH TOUCH CONTROL FUNCTION - An organic light-emitting diode display device integrated with a touch control function, includes: a substrate; an organic light emitting layer disposed on the substrate; protective glass disposed on the organic light emitting layer; a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed on the protective glass, the plurality of sensing electrodes being arranged in a two-dimensional array; and a touch control chip bound onto the protective glass, wherein the touch control chip and the plurality of sensing electrodes are located on a same side of the protective glass, and the touch control chip is connected with each of the plurality of sensing electrodes via a wire. Therefore, the error caused by noises accumulation between the electrodes is avoided, and signal-to-noise ratio is significantly improved. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362033 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - The embodiments of the disclosure provide a capacitive touch screen, including: a substrate; a plurality of sensing electrodes provided on the substrate, the plurality of sensing electrodes being arranged in a two-dimensional array; and a touch control chip bound to the substrate, the touch control chip being connected with each of the plurality of sensing electrodes via a corresponding wire. The capacitive touch screen according to the embodiments of the disclosure solves the problem of errors caused by noise transmission between electrodes in the prior art on the premise of achieving multi-touch, thereby significantly improves the signal-to-noise ratio. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362034 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device includes: a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed on the upper surface of the first substrate, where the plurality of sensing electrodes are arranged in a two-dimensional array; a touch control chip bound onto the upper surface of the first substrate, where each of the sensing electrodes is connected to the touch control chip by wires. The touch control chip detects the capacitance of each sensing electrode. The ability of restraining power supply noise is highly improved and the interference of noise in the touch detection is reduced in embodiments of the invention. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362035 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - A capacitive touch screen, includes: a substrate; a plurality of sensing electrodes provided on the substrate, the plurality of sensing electrodes being arranged in a two-dimensional array; and a touch control chip bound to the substrate, the touch control chip being connected with each of the plurality of sensing electrodes via a corresponding wire. The touch control chip includes a driving source, a detection circuit and a timing control circuit, and each of the sensing electrodes is connected with the driving source and the detection circuit. The timing control circuit starts or cuts off the driving source according to a preset control scheme, and the detection circuit detects the change of the capacitance of each of the sensing electrodes to detect a touch position of a touch body on the touch screen. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362036 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - A capacitive touch screen is provided, which includes: a transparent cover lens; multiple sensing electrodes disposed on a surface of the transparent cover lens and arranged into a two-dimensional array; and a touch control chip bonded onto the surface of the transparent cover lens, the touch control chip being connected with each of the multiple sensing electrodes via a wire. The capacitive touch screen may decrease errors caused by the transmission of noises between electrodes in the prior art on the premise of implementing multi-ouch, thus significantly improving signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). | 2014-12-11 |
20140362037 | CAPACITANCE SENSING CIRCUIT AND POWER SUPPLYING APPARATUS UTILIZING THE CAPACITANCE SENSING CIRCUIT - A capacitance sensing circuit, comprising: a first voltage source; a first switch, wherein the first voltage source charges a sensing capacitor to a first voltage when the first switch is conductive; a base capacitor; a second voltage source; a second switch, wherein the second voltage source charges the base capacitor to a second voltage when the second switch is conductive, where the first switch and the second switch are simultaneously conductive via a control signal; a first comparator, for outputting a first comparing result according to a voltage difference between a sensing voltage on the sensing capacitor and a base voltage on the base capacitor, and a voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage; and a voltage holding circuit, for keeping the base voltage at a reference voltage. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362038 | TOUCH PAD WITH ANTENNA - A touch pad with an antenna includes an electrode, control means for detecting proximity and a proximate position of an object on the basis of a change in capacitance which is associated with the proximity of the object to the electrode, an antenna, and antenna driving means for supplying power to the antenna. When the proximity of the object is not detected, the control means controls driving of the antenna driving means to set an output of the antenna to an output during ordinary driving. When the proximity of the object is detected, the control means controls driving of the antenna driving means to attenuate the output of the antenna with respect to the output during ordinary driving or to set the output of the antenna to zero. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362039 | INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - An input device includes a first detection unit which is configured to detect contact of an object with a contact surface to detect a contact position of the object, a second detection unit which is provided on the side opposite to the contact surface and which is configured to detect a contact position of the object when a pressure upon contact of the object is equal to or greater than a reference pressure, and a third detection unit which is configured to detect a contact position at a detection timing for detecting a contact position of the object, based on first and second contact positions that are detected by the second detection unit within a predetermined period of time since the detection timing, when the second detection unit does not detect a contact position at the detection timing but the first detection unit detects contact at the detection timing. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362040 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A capacitive touch panel is provided, which includes a printed circuit board, a plurality of sensing electrodes and a touch control chip. The sensing electrodes are located on the printed circuit board in a two-dimensional array arrangement. The touch control chip is bound to the printed circuit board in a Chip-on-Board manner, and the touch control chip is connected to each of the plurality of sensing electrodes via a wire. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362041 | TOUCH APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A touch apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. The touch apparatus includes a plurality of firs electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, a first driving sensing unit, a second sensing driving unit and a control unit. The first electrodes are disposed sequentially along a first direction, and each second electrode is adjacent to the corresponding first electrode sequentially along a second direction. In a first touch mode, the control unit controls the first sensing driving unit to provide a first driving signal to the first electrodes, and controls the second sensing driving unit to receive a plurality of first touch signal from the second electrodes. In a second touch mode, the control unit controls the second driving sensing unit to provide a second driving signal to the second electrodes, and controls the first sensing driving unit to receive a plurality of second touch signal from the first electrodes. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362042 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device with a touch detection function includes a control device that performs, in normal operation mode, image display control so as to exhibit an image display function of a display function layer based on an image signal and performs touch detection control; a touch detecting unit that detects, in the normal operation mode, a position of an object in proximity to or in contact with the touch detection electrode based on a detection signal transmitted from the touch detection electrode; and a touch-detection controller that detects, in sleep mode, the proximity of the object to or the contact thereof with the touch detection electrode. When the touch-detection controller detects the proximity of the object to or the contact thereof with the touch detection electrode in the sleep mode, the control device controls a pixel electrode to a predetermined potential, and thereafter supplies a touch drive signal to a drive electrode. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362043 | TOUCH PANEL - The present invention discloses a touch panel, which includes a substrate, a plurality of first axis electrodes, a plurality of second axis electrodes and an insulation structure. The first axis electrodes are disposed on the substrate along a first direction and each of the first axis electrodes includes a plurality of first sub electrodes and a plurality of connection structures. Each of the connection structures is at least partially disposed between each of the first sub electrodes and the substrate, and is electrically connected to two adjacent first sub electrodes. Each of the connection structures includes a first metal layer and a low reflective layer disposed between the substrate and the first metal layer. The low reflective layer of the present invention is applied to reduce the visibility of the connection structures, as well as to enhance the reliability of the touch panel. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362044 | COVER DEVICE HAVING INPUT UNIT AND PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING THE COVER DEVICE - A cover device having an input unit and a portable terminal having the cover device are provided. The cover device includes a cover unit divided into a plurality of areas, each area having an electrode. A connection surface is provided in the cover unit and configured to be detachably engaged with a terminal to which the cover unit is mounted. The input unit including an electrode line is configured to transmit a touch input signal to a touch panel of the terminal through an electrode of a touched area among the plurality of areas. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362045 | INPUT INTERFACE, HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING AN INPUT INTERFACE - An input interface ( | 2014-12-11 |
20140362046 | TOUCH SENSOR SYSTEM - The present invention provides a touch sensor system which is capable of removing a hand-placing signal while mounting normal application software on a host device. A touch sensor system ( | 2014-12-11 |
20140362047 | TOUCH SENSING CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING RECEPTION FREQUENCY BAND, AND TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM HAVING SAME - The present invention introduces a touch sensing circuit that adjusts a reception frequency band, which adjusts a width of a reception frequency band of a driving signal applied from a driving electrode of a touch screen panel and transferred to a reception electrode of the touch screen panel. The touch sensing circuit adjusts the width of the reception frequency band of the driving signal, which is applied from the driving electrode of the touch screen panel and transferred to the reception electrode of the touch screen panel, by using a high pass filter prepared in the form of a differentiator and a low pass filter prepared in the form of an integrator. In the present invention, resistance values of a plurality of embedded resistors and capacitance of a capacitor are adjusted, so that a driving signal is selectively received according to frequencies, and a received driving signal is amplified with a predetermined amplitude. Accordingly, since a separated filter for removing a noise component included in the driving signal is not required, a system is simplified. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362048 | MULTIPOINT TOUCH SURFACE CONTROLLER - A multipoint touch surface controller is disclosed herein. The controller includes an integrated circuit including output circuitry for driving a capacitive multi-touch sensor and input circuitry for reading the sensor. Also disclosed herein are various noise rejection and dynamic range enhancement techniques that permit the controller to be used with various sensors in various conditions without reconfiguring hardware. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362049 | INPUT DEVICE - A capacitance coupling type input device that can be manufactured easily is provided. The input device is arranged at the observer side of a display apparatus and provided with a pair of electrodes for detecting coordinates | 2014-12-11 |
20140362050 | DARK FILM LAMINATION FOR A TOUCH SENSOR - Different lamination methods may be used to create a touch sensor with a darkened side of metalized film facing the user. One lamination method includes laminating a metalized film to an optically clear adhesive (OCA) layer such that an edge of the metalized film including the termination pads remain un-adhered to the OCA layer. Flex-tails may be bonded to the termination pads at a later time by bending up the un-adhered edge. Anisotropic Conductive Film (ACF) may be placed on the termination pads prior to laminating the metalized films. Flex-tails may be placed onto an OCA layer in a location where the termination pads on the metalized film will be located when laminated to the OCA layer. A strip of ACF may be placed on the flex-tail pads. The flex-tails may be bonded to the termination pads of the metalized film prior to the metalized film being laminated. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362051 | CONTACTLESS USER INTERFACE - The invention relates to a user interface device ( | 2014-12-11 |
20140362052 | Touch Sensitive Image Display Devices - We describe a touch sensitive image display device. The device comprises: an image projector to project a displayed image onto a surface in front of the device; a touch sensor light source to project light defining a touch sheet above the displayed image; a camera directed to capture a touch sense image comprising light scattered from the touch sheet by an object approaching the displayed image; and a signal processor to process a the touch sense image to identify a location of the object relative to the displayed image. The camera is able to capture an image projected by the image projector, the image projector is configured to project a calibration image, and the device includes a calibration module configured to use a calibration image from the projector, captured by the camera, to calibrate locations in said captured touch sense image with reference to said displayed image. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362053 | LIGHT-BASED TOUCH SURFACE WITH CURVED BORDERS - A light-based touch-sensitive surface, including a housing, a surface attached to the housing for receiving touch input, a plurality of light sources in the housing for emitting light that crosses the surface, a plurality of light receivers in the housing for detecting the light emitted by the light sources, a curved lens adjacent to the surface through which the light emitted by the light sources passes, including two substantially similarly curved exterior panels, one of which forms a curved rim for the surface, and a calculating unit in said housing, connected to the light receivers, for calculating a touch location based on an absence of light expected to be received by the receivers. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362054 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND READING DEVICE - In a display control system, a reading device includes a light source and an imaging optical system configured to capture an image of light, and a display panel includes: an information pattern layer; and a reflection layer configured to diffusely reflect the light from the light source. The light source is arranged at a position other than a position on an optical axis of the imaging optical system. In a state where the optical axis of the imaging optical system is perpendicular to the reflection layer and the reading device is in contact with the display panel, a point at which a central light beam of the light emitted from the light source reaches the reflection layer is located at the light source side of a point at which the optical axis of the imaging optical system intersects the reflection layer. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362055 | DETECTING MULTI-TOUCH INPUTS - Determining a touch contact location is disclosed. A signal that has been disturbed by a touch input on a surface is received. The received signal is transformed to determine a spatial domain signal. The spatial domain signal is compared with an expected signal associated with a potential location of a source of a disturbance caused by the touch input. The touch contact location of the touch input is determined based at least in part on the comparison. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362056 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MOVING USER INTERFACE OBJECTS - An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays a user interface with a plurality of content units, where the content units are arranged along a first axis in the user interface, and a respective content unit is associated with corresponding metadata. The device detects a contact on the touch-sensitive surface and a first movement of the contact. In response to detecting the first movement of the contact, the device moves a first set of one or more of the content units perpendicular to the first axis in the user interface in accordance with the first movement, and for one or more respective content units in the first set of content units, the device displays metadata for the respective content unit adjacent to the respective content unit that was not displayed immediately prior to detecting the first movement of the contact. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362057 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLOTTING THE MARK DRAWN ON A WRITING MEDIUM - A system for plotting a mark drawn on a writing medium, comprising a tool including a first and a second permanent magnet. The first permanent magnet is mechanically linked to a tip. There is a network of magnetometers having N triaxial magnetometers and an electronic computer programmed in order to: a) determine, from the measurements from the triaxial magnetometers, the positions of the two permanent magnets and the orientations of the magnetic moments of said two permanent magnets and b) calculate the relative position and/or relative orientation of the magnetic moment of the first permanent magnet in relation to the orientation of the magnetic moment of the second permanent magnet from the results of step a). The calculated relative position and/or orientation is then used by a device as a value of a physical quantity that is representative of the pressure exerted on the tip. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362058 | INPUT SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a display for displaying data stored on said electronic device; input means; sensing means for sensing the three-dimensional position of the input means relative to said device; and control means for controlling the data displayed on said display in dependence on the three-dimensional position of the input means relative to said device. The input means includes a source of electromagnetic radiation for directing an infrared conical beam onto the display. The sensing means can sense the elliptical eccentricity of the electromagnetic radiation incident on the display to determine the angle at which it strikes the display, and can sense the area of the electromagnetic radiation incident on the display to determine the distance of the input means from the display. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362059 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A thin film transistor includes a drain electrode layer and a source electrode layer that are formed above an oxide semiconductor layer via an insulating film. The drain electrode layer and the source electrode layer are electrically connected with the oxide semiconductor layer via through-holes formed in the insulating film. A first through-hole that electrically connects the drain electrode layer with the oxide semiconductor layer and a second through-hole that electrically connects the source electrode layer with the oxide semiconductor layer each include two or more through-holes that are arranged in parallel in a channel width direction of the thin film transistor. A total width of opening widths of the first or second through-holes in the channel width direction is a channel width of the thin film transistor. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362060 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND OUTPUT BUFFER CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a display device including: a plurality of pixel circuits; a power source line connected to corresponding ones of the plurality of pixel circuits; and an output buffer circuit for supplying currents to corresponding ones of the plurality of pixel circuits by alternately applying a first potential applied to a first power source supply terminal, and a second potential applied to a second power source supply terminal to the power source line. The output buffer includes a variable resistance circuit connected to a path between the first power source supply terminal and the power source line, the variable resistance circuit serving to change a resistance value thereof in accordance with a magnitude of a total sum of the currents. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362061 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DISPLAY INFORMATION ON A HARD DISK DRIVE ASSEMBLY - Methods and systems are provided for displaying information on a hard disk drive assembly. One hard disk drive assembly includes a hard disk drive that includes a driver circuit coupled to a display and to a display memory. The driver circuit activates the display mounted on the hard disk drive assembly. In response to the activation of the display the driver circuit obtains information from the display memory of the hard disk drive. The driver circuit displays at least a portion of the information obtained from the display memory on the display mounted on the hard disk drive assembly. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362062 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR DISPLAY BACKPLANE AND PIXEL CIRCUIT THEREFOR - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a pixel circuit to drive an electro-optical element of a display backplane comprises an element driver coupled to the electro-optical element, a programming switch coupled to the element driver, and a driver switch coupled to the programming switch and the element driver. The driver switch is capable of controlling when the element driver is turned on or turned off, and is capable of pulse-width modulating the drive current provided to the electro-optical element, for example to provide a lower drive current to the electro-optical element. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362063 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF PIXEL CIRCUIT, AND DRIVING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel circuit includes a drive transistor that has a gate connected to an input node and a source connected to an output node. The drive transistor supplies a driving current to an electrooptic element via the output node. A sampling transistor is connected between the input node and a signal line and samples an input signal from the signal line, which is retained in a retaining capacitance connected to the input node. The magnitude of the driving current is based on a value of the retained signal. The pixel circuit further includes a compensating circuit which detects a decrease in the driving current attendant on a secular change of the drive transistor from a side of the output node and feeds back a result of the detection to a side of the input node to compensate for the decrease. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362064 | Active Array Substrate, Driving Method Thereof, and Liquid Crystal Display Panel Using the Same - The invention discloses an active array substrate, a driving method thereof, and an LCD using the same. The active array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of first scan lines and second scan lines alternately disposed on the substrate, a plurality of first data lines and second data lines alternately disposed on the substrate, a plurality of first, second, and third sub-pixel electrodes, and a plurality of switches. The plurality of first scan lines and second scan lines intersect the plurality of first data lines and second data lines. Each of the second sub-pixel electrodes and one of the first sub-pixel electrodes are located at opposite sides of one of the second data lines. Each of the third sub-pixel electrodes and one of the first sub-pixel electrodes are located at opposite sides of one of the first data lines. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362065 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An apparatus for setting a display device includes a target value obtainer, a measured value obtainer, and a determiner. The target value obtainer acquires a target value of a display setting including color temperature and brightness for a display device configured to display an image. The measured value obtainer acquires a measured value of display characteristics including the color temperature and the brightness in each of multiple states specific to the display device, from the display device for which the display setting is sequentially changed to the multiple states. The determiner determines a setting value in the display setting including the color temperature and the brightness from among the multiple states, on the basis of the target value and multiple measured values acquired by the measured value obtainer. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362066 | METHOD OF DRIVING AN INFORMATION DISPLAY PANEL - A method of driving an information display panel in which: at least two types of display media composed of particle groups containing chargeable particles are sealed between opposed two substrates, at least one substrate being transparent; a voltage is applied across a pair of opposed pixel electrodes formed such that conductive films provided to the respective substrates face each other to move the display media, thereby displaying an information image, including: decreasing or increasing a charge of the particles for a particular charge equilibrium according to a state of charge of the particles. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362067 | SHIFT REGISTER AND DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A shift register for an LCD display includes N shift register units. Each shift register unit outputs a shift signal. An N | 2014-12-11 |
20140362068 | DRIVING CIRCUIT - A driving circuit includes a first transistor, a capacitor, a second transistor, and a charging circuit. The input terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a voltage source. The output terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to an organic light-emitting diode. The first terminal of the capacitor is electrically connected to the control terminal of the first transistor. The input terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second terminal of the capacitor. The control terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to a scan line. The output terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to the output terminal of the first transistor. The charging circuit is electrically connected to the first and second terminals of the capacitor, the scan line, and a current source. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362069 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes a first pixel, a second pixel and a driving circuit. The first pixel receives a first control signal and a first scan signal and a respective data signal in a first period according to the first scan signal. The second pixel receives the first control signal and a second scan signal in a second period and a respective data signal according to the second scan signal. The first and second periods are different to each other. The first and second pixels both include a light-emitting diode. The driving circuit is electrically coupled to the first and second pixels and provide the first and second scan signals and the first control signal, wherein the first control signal is used for determining whether to allow a current to flow through the respective light-emitting diodes or not. A driving method for a display apparatus is also provided. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362070 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE THAT SUPPRESSES DETERIORATION OF IMAGE QUALITY - A data line driving section ( | 2014-12-11 |
20140362071 | BACKLIGHT DRIVING APPARATUS - A backlight driving apparatus that drives a backlight unit having a plurality of LEDs is provided, which includes a rectifying unit rectifying an AC voltage and generating a driving voltage for the plurality of LEDs, a plurality of connection changing units changing connection relations between the plurality of LEDs depending on a level of the driving voltage, and a light output compensation unit generating a compensation voltage using the driving voltage and selectively supplying the compensation voltage to the plurality of LEDs. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362072 | POWER CONVERTER, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING POWER CONVERTER, SYSTEM INCLUDING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - A power converter includes a voltage conversion unit that provides a first driving voltage at a first output electrode by converting a power supply voltage in response to a first control signal, the voltage conversion unit being configured to provide a second driving voltage at a second output electrode by converting the power supply voltage after a short detection period, the voltage conversion unit being configured to shut down in response to a third control signal, and a short detection unit that generates the third control signal by comparing a magnitude of a voltage of the second output electrode with a magnitude of a reference voltage during the short detection period. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362073 | DISPLAY DEVICE, TIMING CONTROLLER, AND IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD - Aspects of the present invention relate to a display device, a timing controller, and an image display method. When a frame of an input image signal including an odd-field signal and an even-field signal is received, a timing controller outputs a gate scanning clock (GCK) signal and an output enable (OE) signal in an interlaced scanning manner, to separately scan the odd-field image and the even-field image in the interlaced scanning manner in real time. The interlaced scanning manner is used for the interlaced signal, thereby saving a storage equipped in a converter. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362074 | SPLITTING BOUNDING VOLUMES OF PRIMITIVES - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for splitting primitives. A plurality of primitives is received for a scene and a pre-determined plane that intersects the scene is identified. Bounding volumes of the plurality of primitives that are intersected by the pre-determined plane are split, where a bounding volume that encloses each intersected primitive of the plurality of primitives is split into a first bounding volume and a second bounding volume at an intersection of the bounding volume and the pre-determined plane. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362075 | VISUAL DISTORATION EFFECTS THROUGH TRANSLUCENT STRUCTURES IN DESIGN SOFTWARE - System, methods, and apparatus allow for creating translucent surfaces within a three-dimensional model. One or more implementations render a three-dimensional model of a layout of a design space within an architectural design environment. Additionally, one or more implementations identify a first portion of the three-dimensional model that is positioned behind a translucent surface within the three-dimensional model. Furthermore, one or more implementations render a visual distortion effect for the identified first portion of the three-dimensional model. Further still, one or more implementations display on a display device the three-dimensional model comprising the translucent surface, such that the three-dimensional model is displayed behind the translucent surface in a distorted form based on the rendered distortion effect. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362076 | DISPLAY INTERPOSING A PHYSICAL OBJECT WITHIN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VOLUMETRIC SPACE - A visual display unit creating a three-dimensional volumetric space. The display includes a first screen in a first focal plane, wherein the first screen displays a first image. The display includes a second screen in a second focal plane distinct from the first focal plane, wherein the second screen displays a second image, and wherein the second screen at least partially overlaps the first screen. The display includes a physical object located between the first screen and said second screen, wherein at least one of the first and second images is displayed in response to a placement of the physical object. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362077 | VOLUME RENDERING OF IMAGES WITH MULTIPLE CLASSIFICATIONS - Processes and systems for computer enabled volume data rendering, and more particularly for volume rendering of multiple classificated volume datasets using an Interpolation-Classification (IC) order are provided. Further, an octree min/max can be used for volume rendering with the multiple classifications and at the same time applying the IC order to visualize the multiple classifications volume rendering. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362078 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes: a data obtainment unit which obtains an input image captured from a first viewpoint, and depth information indicating a depth of a subject in the input image; a viewpoint transformation unit which generates, using the depth information, a plurality of first transformed images each of which is an image of the input image seen from a corresponding one of second viewpoints different from the first viewpoint; and a blank area analysis unit that analyzes a blank area which is included in each of the first transformed images and includes a pixel which does not have a corresponding pixel in the input image, and generate blank information which indicates, for each of the second viewpoints, a size of the blank area in the first transformed image corresponding to the second viewpoint. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362079 | Automated 3-D Modeling Of Shoe Parts - Manufacturing of a shoe is enhanced by creating 3-D models of shoe parts. For example, a laser beam may be projected onto a shoe-part surface, such that a projected laser line appears on the shoe part. An image of the projected laser line may be analyzed to determine coordinate information, which may be converted into geometric coordinate values usable to create a 3-D model of the shoe part. Once a 3-D model is known and is converted to a coordinate system recognized by shoe-manufacturing tools, certain manufacturing steps may be automated. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362080 | System and Method for Context Preserving Maps Of Tubular Structures - A computer-based method for generating a context preserving mapping of tubular structures represented by a 3D dataset having the steps of projecting a skeleton of a 3D tubular structure on to a 2D plane, and adjusting the projected skeleton to correct projection imbued distortion in skeleton length. The 2D projected skeleton is processed to remove intersections, and a surface boundary around the 2D skeleton is determined for the map. The 3D surface of the skeleton is mapped to match the 3D boundary to create a 3D map of the tubular structure. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362081 | USING COMPUTE SHADERS AS FRONT END FOR VERTEX SHADERS - A set of graphics primitive information for a virtual object may be processed with compute shader running on a graphics processing unit (GPU) to generate a modified set of primitive information. The modified set of primitive information may be passed to a vertex shader running on the GPU. The vertex shader may perform vertex shading on the modified set of primitive information. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362082 | Automated Overpass Extraction from Aerial Imagery - A computer implemented system and method is disclosed for generating realistic three-dimensional models of roadway overpass structures. An example system comprises a segmentation module configured to identify roadway overpass regions, based on existing map data containing locations of roadway intersections, aerial imagery, and a digital surface model (DSM). A roadway overpass region is assumed to have at least a first and second road segment. A DSM provides an elevation z for each two-dimensional point (x, y). The segmentation module identifies the upper and lower roadway sections of an overpass structure and an extraction module generates a three-dimensional model of the overpass based on the segmented regions identified by the segmentation module. The extraction module combines aerial images with 3D computer models of overpass structures to generate a realistic 3D rendering of surface topography of the earth including roadway overpass structures. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362083 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROJECTION BINDING POINT RENDERING METHOD AND DEVICE - Disclosed is a three-dimensional projection binding point rendering method, which comprises: obtaining a 3D coordinate of a binding point in a three-dimensional character model, and calculating a 2D coordinate of the binding point in a 2D picture which is projected in the same projection manner as the three-dimensional character model according to the 3D coordinate of the binding point; calculating a binding point coordinate for each frame of a 2D projection picture in a character animation series to obtain all binding point coordinates corresponding to the character animation series; judging all the binding point coordinates in the character animation series and modifying a binding point coordinate with position mutation; and outputting all the binding point coordinates in a textual manner to obtain a binding point information text corresponding to the character animation series. Also disclosed is a three-dimensional projection binding point rendering device. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362084 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AUTHORING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an input image of a real space captured with an imaging device, a user interface unit configured to display the input image on a screen of a display device and detect a designated position designated by a user on the screen, a computation unit configured to compute a three-dimensional position of a virtual object in an augmented reality space from the designated position detected by the user interface unit, and an authoring unit configured to associate the three-dimensional position of the virtual object computed by the computation unit with the virtual object to store the three-dimensional position in a storage medium. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362085 | EFFECTIVE ARRANGEMENT OF DATA ELEMENTS - A plurality of data elements are analyzed, in one or more computers, to optimize an arrangement of slices in a pie chart, wherein a value for each of the data elements represents an area of a corresponding one of the slices in the pie chart, and the data elements are ordered by their values, so that labels and lines on placed on the pie chart without overlap. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362086 | System and Method for Exploiting Scene Graph Information in Construction of an Encoded Video Sequence - A system method and computer program product for creating a composited video frame sequence for an application. A current scene graph state for the application is compared to a previous scene graph state wherein each scene graph state includes a plurality of hierarchical nodes that represent one or more objects at each node. A video construction engine determines if one or more objects have moved based upon a comparison of the scene graph states. If one or more objects have moved based upon the scene graph comparison, motion information about the objects is determined and the motion information is forwarded to a stitcher module. The motion information is used to define motion vectors for use by the stitcher module in construction of the composited video frame sequence. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362087 | System And Method For Quickly Visualizing Oil And Gas Field Data - A powerful visualization aid is provided for technical petroleum engineers and earth scientists who have a need to analyze and quality control large amounts of oil field data quickly. The data used by the system and method comes from a wide variety of databases normally maintained by petroleum company operations, information technology and management personnel as part of their routine resource extraction business. The system and method present the data in a variety of formats and the system can quickly change the output format to enable a user to rapidly switch between various data presentations. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362088 | GRAPHICAL DISPLAY OF RADAR AND RADAR-LIKE METEOROLOGICAL DATA - Described are a method and a system for generating a weather radar display. The method includes determining proxy meteorological radar data for a first area of a geographical region for which meteorological radar data are unavailable. The proxy data are determined from a plurality of alternative meteorological data streams each having data representative of a value of a different meteorological parameter that is not observable by radar. The method further includes determining graphical meteorological radar data for the geographical region based on the proxy meteorological radar data for the first area in the geographical region and meteorological radar data for a second area in the geographical region. Examples of graphical meteorological radar data that are generated include vertically integrated liquid, composite reflectivity and echo tops data. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362089 | Rendering Borders of Elements of a Graphical User Interface - Systems and methods are described to render borders of controls and indicators in a graphical user interface (GUI), such that the rendered borders have continuous curvatures. In one aspect, a method includes generating a border of a GUI element to be represented in a GUI. The border includes a first straight side, a second straight side, and a corner portion that joins together the first straight side and the second straight side, such that a portion of the border that includes the first straight side, the corner portion and the second straight side is continuous and has continuous curvature. Additionally, the method includes representing the GUI element in the GUI. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362090 | Movement of Position Indicator on Touchscreen - Some embodiments provide a method that displays a document that includes several glyphs on a touch screen display. The method receives a touch input on the touch screen display to activate a zoom tool enabling location of a position indicator within a set of associated glyphs. The method automatically divides a touch screen region for the set of associated glyphs into sub-regions. Each sub-region is associated with a position indicator location between two subsequent glyphs. A first sub-region associated with a location between first and second glyphs has a same width as a second sub-region associated with a location between the second glyph and a third glyph. The first and third glyphs do not have an equal width. The method correlates movement of the touch input across the touch screen display with the equally-spaced sub-regions in order to move the position indicator between the glyphs in the associated set. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362091 | ONLINE MODELING FOR REAL-TIME FACIAL ANIMATION - Embodiments relate to a method for real-time facial animation, and a processing device for real-time facial animation. The method includes providing a dynamic expression model, receiving tracking data corresponding to a facial expression of a user, estimating tracking parameters based on the dynamic expression model and the tracking data, and refining the dynamic expression model based on the tracking data and estimated tracking parameters. The method may further include generating a graphical representation corresponding to the facial expression of the user based on the tracking parameters. Embodiments pertain to a real-time facial animation system. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362092 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) BACKLIGHT WITH REDUCED HOTSPOT FORMATION - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for reducing hotspots in backlit displays. Hotspot artifacts in multi-color backlit displays can be reduced by incorporating optical structures along the edges of light guides incorporated into the backlights. The optical structures are positioned adjacent to light emitting modules that emit light into the light guide. Light emitted from the light emitting modules passes through the optical structures before entering the light guide. Hotspot size can be reduced by appropriately configuring the shapes and sizes of these optical structures. In some implementations, the optical structures may include serrations along the side of the light guide adjacent to the light sources. In some other implementations, the optical structures may include dimples. Size of hotspots may also be reduced by reducing the distance between adjacent light sources of the same color. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362093 | GRAPHICS EFFECT DATA STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A graphics effect data structure and method of use thereof. One embodiment of the graphics effect data structure is embodied in an effect processing system, including: (1) a memory configured to store an effect data structure that describes a graphics effect implemented by a plurality of passes and shader code modules contained in the effect data structure, (2) a graphics processing unit (GPU) operable to render the graphics effect according to a shader program based on the shader code modules, assembled according to the plurality of passes, and (3) a central processing unit (CPU) configured to execute an application that employs the graphics effect and to gain access to the effect data structure during run time, at which time the shader program is passed to the GPU for processing. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362094 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RECOVERING FROM A MEMORY UNDERFLOW CONDITION ASSOCIATED WITH GENERATING VIDEO SIGNALS - A system, method, and computer program product for recovering from a memory underflow condition associated with generating video signals are disclosed. The method includes the steps of determining that a first counter is greater than a second counter, incrementing an address corresponding to a memory fetch request by an offset, and issuing the memory fetch request to a memory. The first counter represents a number of pixels that have been read by a display pipeline for a current frame and the second counter represents a number of pixels requested from a memory for the current frame. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362095 | IMAGE CACHE MEMORY AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An image cache memory performs caching of image data, the image cache memory includes a cache buffer, a cache tag unit, a comparator, and a controller. The cache buffer stores cache data for each rectangular block including a plurality of pixels arranged in rectangle, and the cache tag unit stores tags each corresponding to a rectangular-block group including a plurality of rectangular blocks. The comparator makes comparison by using the tags stored in the cache tag unit, and the controller performs the caching by controlling the cache buffer, the cache tag unit, and the comparator. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362096 | DISPLAY CONTROLLER, SCREEN TRANSFER DEVICE, AND SCREEN TRANSFER METHOD - There is provided a display controller for reading frame data from a frame buffer, and generating a screen output image to be displayed on a display, wherein the display controller is provided with a path for extracting the screen output image as a screen image for transfer to be transferred to another apparatus, and writing the screen image for transfer to a dedicated memory provided separately from the frame buffer. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362097 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HARDWARE-ACCELERATED KEY COLOR EXTRACTION - Systems and methods for hardware-accelerated key color extraction are disclosed. An update corresponding to a portion of a digital representation of a display screen is received. Key color information for locations within the update is identified. A data structure code associated with the portion of the digital representation of the display screen is determined based on the identification of the key color information. The data structure code is provided to a data structure. During a scan of the frame buffer for display, the frame buffer is capable of being read according to the data structure. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362098 | DISPLAY STREAM COMPRESSION - A method for video coding is described. A compressed bitstream is received from a host via a data link. Each slice of the compressed bitstream is mapped to a compressed frame buffer. The compressed frame buffer supports selective overwriting for regional updates. Parallel processing of the compressed data in the compressed frame buffer is performed. Pixel data is written to a display panel. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362099 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an image storage unit, a conversion unit, and an output unit. The image storage unit stores therein multiple images with different viewpoint positions. The conversion unit converts each of the images stored in the image storage unit to each of images to be imaged by imaging devices that are arranged such that respective optical axes pass through a dynamically set position in a target object. The output unit outputs the images converted by the conversion unit. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362100 | SCHEME FOR COMPRESSING VERTEX SHADER OUTPUT PARAMETERS - A graphics processing may include implementing a vertex shader and a pixel shader with a GPU. Vertex parameter values may be compressed with the vertex shader and compressed vertex parameter values may be written to a cache. The pixel shader may access the compressed vertex parameter values that were written to the cache and decompress the compressed vertex parameter values. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362101 | FRAGMENT SHADERS PERFORM VERTEX SHADER COMPUTATIONS - Graphics processing may include implementing a vertex shader and a pixel shader with the GPU. Vertex indices output from a vertex shader may be written to a cache. The vertex indices written to the cache may be accessed with the pixel shader and vertex parameter values associated with the vertex indices may be accessed from a memory unit with the pixel shader. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362102 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING HARDWARE FOR USING COMPUTE SHADERS AS FRONT END FOR VERTEX SHADERS - A GPU is configured to read and process data produced by a compute shader via the one or more ring buffers and pass the resulting processed data to a vertex shader as input. The GPU is further configured to allow the compute shader and vertex shader to write through a cache. Each ring buffer is configured to synchronize the compute shader and the vertex shader to prevent processed data generated by the compute shader that is written to a particular ring buffer from being overwritten before the data is accessed by the vertex shader. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362103 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - This invention can develop a part of RAW image data and display the developed part of RAW image data with a result of processing, even if the part of the RAW image data refers to other part of the RAW image data. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362104 | LAYERED Z-ORDER AND HINTED COLOR FONTS WITH DYNAMIC PALETTES - Technologies are generally provided for a set of data structures and font design techniques residing in a font file that enables the rich use of color that can be scaled for many devices with many resolutions and displayed on many types of colored backgrounds. Glyphs in a font may be ordered to provide z-ordering of layered color data. Multiple palettes may be provided within a font to handle multiple scenarios, including varying backgrounds. Furthermore, operating system text color choice may be integrated with the font designer's choice of colors, and the colored elements in a glyph may be hinted to improve the display of color on many different devices. A fall back to a non-colored glyph may also be provided when color is not supported on a platform or application. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362105 | CONTENT ADJUSTMENT IN GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE BASED ON BACKGROUND CONTENT - Adjustments to content to be rendered on top of background content, such as wallpaper, in a graphical user interface are disclosed. One example method can include adjusting a color characteristic of new content to be rendered on top of the background content, based on at least one color characteristic of the background content, so as to preserve the new content's color. Another example method can include adjusting a color characteristic of text to be rendered on top of the background content, based on at least one color characteristic of the background content, so that the text is legible. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362106 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COLOR ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an image information transmitting unit, a color information acquiring unit, a gradation characteristic determination unit, and a change instruction output unit. The image information transmitting unit transmits, to a display device, pieces of information corresponding to color measurement images. The color information acquiring unit acquires pieces of color information of images displayed on the display device on the basis of the transmitted pieces of information. The gradation characteristic determination unit determines, on the basis of the acquired pieces of color information, whether or not a setting of color adjustment that is performed in the display device satisfies a predetermined gradation characteristic. The change instruction output unit outputs an instruction to change the setting of color adjustment in the case where the gradation characteristic determination unit determines that the setting of color adjustment does not satisfy the predetermined gradation characteristic. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362107 | GENERATING A COMPOSITE FIELD OF VIEW USING A PLURALITY OF OBLIQUE PANORAMIC IMAGES OF A GEOGRAPHIC AREA - Generating a composite geo-referenced panoramic field of view image of a geographic area is provided. Geodetic coordinates are generated for each of a plurality of pixels in a digital image capturing the geographic area based on a corrected amount of image distortion in each line of pixels in the plurality of pixels in the digital image. Each of the plurality of pixels in the digital image with the calculated geodetic coordinates is mapped to a geo-referenced map corresponding to the geographic area based on the calculated geodetic coordinates of each pixel. The composite geo-referenced panoramic field of view image of the geographic area is generated based on the mapping of each of the plurality of pixels in the digital image with the calculated geodetic coordinates to the geo-referenced map corresponding to the geographic area captured in the digital image. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362108 | IMAGE EXTRACTION AND IMAGE-BASED RENDERING FOR MANIFOLDS OF TERRESTRIAL AND AERIAL VISUALIZATIONS - Architecture that extracts (analyzes and selects) a set of images from repositories or sources imagery to create one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) image manifolds (or image packets—also referred to as “synth” packets). The repositories of map imagery can include aerial views and terrestrial views (from points on the earth surface). The manifolds facilitate fluid translation between manifold images thereby providing a fluid user interactive navigation experience for viewing the location. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362109 | METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING AN OBJECT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for transforming an object in an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying at least one object over at least a portion of a first display layer of a display, detecting input information associated with the at least one object, and transforming a shape of the at least one object based on the input information. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362110 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING OPTICAL REPRESENTATION OF VIEWS PROVIDED BY A HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY BASED ON OPTICAL PRESCRIPTION OF A USER - Systems and methods for operating a screen of a head mounted display includes executing a program. The execution of the program causes rendering of images on the screen of the HMD. The screen renders the images using a first optical setting. A first image is presented on the screen. The first image has a first size and is presented at a distance. Input is received identifying a clarity level for the first image. A second image is presented on the screen. The second image has a second size and the distance. Input is received identifying the clarity level for the second image. Based on the clarity level received for the first and the second images, the first optical setting for the screen is changed to a second optical setting. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362111 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION IN VIEW MODE - A method and a device for providing information in a view mode is provided, which can discriminatively apply and display virtual information according to an importance value (or a priority) of objects in a reality image when the virtual information is mapped and displayed on the reality image of a real world acquired through a camera module in the view mode. The method includes displaying a reality image acquired in a view mode; analyzing an importance value of objects according to the reality image; determining a display range of virtual information for each of the objects according to the importance value of the objects; and displaying the virtual information for each of the objects according to the display range of the virtual information. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362112 | FRAMEWORKS, DEVICES AND METHODS CONFIGURED FOR ENABLING TRANSITION OF CONTENT IN A USER INTERFACE BETWEEN A MAP-BOUND LAYER AND A MAP-UNBOUND LAYER - Described herein are frameworks, devices and methods configured for enabling display for facility information and content, in some cases via touch/gesture controlled interfaces. Embodiments of the invention have been particularly developed for allowing an operator to conveniently access a wide range of information relating to a facility via, for example, one or more wall mounted displays. While some embodiments will be described herein with particular reference to that application, it will be appreciated that the invention is not limited to such a field of use, and is applicable in broader contexts. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362113 | CHANGE NATURE OF DISPLAY ACCORDING TO OVERALL MOTION - A head mountable display (HMD) is operable to detect the HMD's overall motion relative to its current orientation, and to display extra image material so that the extra image material moves in the same general direction as real objects would be seen by the user to move if the user were not wearing the HMD. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362114 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEEDLE VISUALIZATION ENHANCEMENT IN ULTRASOUND IMAGES - The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for needle visualization enhancement in ultrasound (US) imaging and an US imaging system. The apparatus comprises: a Radon transform (RT) unit adapted to perform RT on a sequence of frames to detect line features in the frames, a frame comprising US radio-frequency (RF) data obtained during monitoring the insertion of a needle into a subject or an US image reconstructed from the RF data; a false needle feature removing unit adapted to remove line features which remain substantially stationary among the frames as false needles while locating a line feature which extends among the frames as the needle; and an overlaying unit adapted to overlay the location of the line feature as the needle on an US image of a frame to produce an enhanced image to be displayed. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362115 | IMAGE EDITING METHOD, IMAGE EDITING PROGRAM AND IMAGE EDITING DEVICE - An image editing method includes: a setting region detection step (S | 2014-12-11 |
20140362116 | ADAPTIVE VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SCALING VIDEO BASED ON SCREEN SIZE OF DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are an apparatus for processing adaptive video and a method of scaling video, which generate a graphical user interface (GUI) so that a GUI suitable for the screen size of a display device can be displayed according to the screen size of the display device. The apparatus can realize a GUI most suitable for the screen size of an external display device connected to the apparatus by enlarging or reducing the size of the GUI according to the screen size of the external display device, or by changing the arrangement of items arranged on the GUI. | 2014-12-11 |